Παρασκευή

See also: παρασκευή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρασκευή (paraskeuḗ, “preparation”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keu̯.ɛ̌ː/ → /pa.ras.ceˈβべーたi/ → /pa.ras.ceˈvi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keu̯.ɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.keˈwe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈβべーたi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈvi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ras.ceˈvi/

Proper noun

Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευή • (Paraskeuḗ) f (genitive Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευῆς); first declension

1. Friday (day of preparation for the Sabbath)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευή; τたうῆς Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευή hē Paraskeuḗ
Genitive	τたうῆς Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευῆς tês Paraskeuês
Dative	τたうῇ Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευῇ têi Paraskeuêi
Accusative	τたうὴνにゅー Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευήν tḕn Paraskeuḗn
Vocative	Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευή Paraskeuḗ
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: Параскева (Paraskeva)
• Georgian: პარასკევი (ṗarasḳevi)
• Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐍂𐌰𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌴 (paraskaiwē)
• Greek: Παρασκευή (Paraskeví)
• Old Church Slavonic: параскевьгии (paraskevĭgii)

References

• G3904 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πぱいᾰρろーᾰσκευή (Paraskeuḗ, “[day of] preparation”). Morphologically πぱいαあるふぁρろーαあるふぁ- (para-) +‎ σκευή (skeví).

Noun

Παρασκευή • (Paraskeví) f (plural Παρασκευές)

1. Friday
2. a female given name

Declension

Declension of Παρασκευή

	singular	plural
nominative	Παρασκευή •	Παρασκευές •
genitive	Παρασκευής •	Παρασκευών •
accusative	Παρασκευή •	Παρασκευές •
vocative	Παρασκευή •	Παρασκευές •
The plural forms are rare.

Coordinate terms

• εβδομάδα f (evdomáda, “week”)
• Κυριακή f (Kyriakí, “Sunday”)
• Δευτέρα f (Deftéra, “Monday”)
• Τρίτη f (Tríti, “Tuesday”)
• Τετάρτη f (Tetárti, “Wednesday”)
• Πέμπτη f (Pémpti, “Thursday”)
• Παρασκευή f (Paraskeví, “Friday”)
• Σάββατο n (Sávvato, “Saturday”)
• σαββατοκύριακο n (savvatokýriako, “Weekend”)

 

Further reading

• Παρασκευή on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el